Loud crackling noise then iPhone 12 shut off

I just had this happen to me also. It shut down and froze turned The Whole screen green and some pixels different colors and made a buzz. Freaked me out. I was at full battery still on charger. Last time I checked the batter health it was at 99 now it’s at 96.

The same thing just happened to me too. My phone made a crackling/electrical sound and my screen turned half pink and black, then it restarted by itself. I was in the middle of playing a game. I got this phone 3 months ago and it’s an iPhone 12 Pro.

I had paused mini motorways in arcade and then my phone had pink dots that where streaking across it in a random pattern but all of them where traveling from top right to bottom left in landscape mode. But they where different sizes! Then it made the crackling noise and the entire screen turned pink. Then it rebooted and seems fine! Does anyone have any idea yet! Is it an app or software on the phone or hardware?!?

This just happened to me literally 5 mins ago. I was watching a video on Facebook and suddenly this crack noise twice and the screen went black and the phone shut down. What the actual..? I was scared and thought I lost my phone forever… but I tried to switch it on and it worked.

i m actually worried now. Apple needs to give us some informations about this. This is not normal at all… for the price we have to pay for a brand new apple phone.

Just happened to me. I was reading an article on Facebook, no music or video playing or anything, when suddenly *CRACKLE* and it turned off… I was able to turn it back on, and the battery is at 42%, which is where I think it was before it turned off, but one of the earlier comments also mentioned 42% battery power so I’m wondering if it’s a specific problem that happens around that percentage…in any case, I don’t see any signs of lingering problems, but I still have no idea why it happened in the first place.

Exact same thing has just happened to my brand new week old 12Pro Max.

Turning on alarm, phone plugged in. Loud crackle and pop sounding like a power shortage, blue and lilac flashes of light. Phone turns off and restarts.

Not overheated. Absolutely terrifying. Will be taking this to a store tomorrow seeing that you’ve all had no response on this for over a year!

This just happened to me on my iphone 12 mini. Was browsing on Safari and purple pixels (almost like confetti) came on the screen and a crackle then a shock. After that the phone rebooted. Felt like I got electrocuted. Is this a software issue?

It just happened to me, sparkled on the screen, mostly toward the outside and restarted. Battery at 71%. 98% of original level. I have a case, so I didn't feel any shock. It was not plugged in.

Iphone 12 pro max

It just happened to me

too. It’s a 12pro and battery was at 35%. An electrical buzzing sound and phone

frozen for about 5 second, then my phone restarted by itself. I was playing an

app game and the phone was not hot.

Yes!! That just happened with me too. A crackling sound while I was watching a YouTube video then is shut down. I was afraid that the phone short circuited or was gonna blow up or something. Thankfully that didn't happen. I really hope there is some answers for this from Apple

Mine just did this a few minutes ago. Full battery. I was on YouTube kids for my son and it crackled and shut off. Yes I was getting angry. I couldn’t get it restarted. But once I plugged it in it came back on. Scared the crap out of me when it crackled. Any updates on a reason or fix from Apple?

I just experienced this issue and tried to google to see what was wrong.

I put the phone down and in the process heard this crackling/electric short sound then the phone restarted. It seems fine now but the sound was very uncomfortable.

Is this a known issue? Does Apple know about it?

I'm using iPhone 12; iOS 15.1.1

Exact same thing happened tonight. It made a noise as though something had shorted, the screen froze with a series of large pink and green pixels and the last image on the screen was shifted about half an inch off center (to the right). Then it shut off. It booted up fine, and the device didn't feel like it had overheated. No smell of burnt plastic or metal, no ozone scent. Never seen anything like it.

Same as all of you. Was in bed with phone on charger. Picked it up on what looked like a full charge, started to play a game, and a loud crackling/sparking noise along with instant black screen with a few sparks of light Arron’s the edge of the phone then rebooted instantly and now phone seems fine. Scared the crap out of me. Thought maybe a surge through the wire fried the phone. But no heat and phone works like nothing happened now. Afraid to plug it back in or sleep near it now. Any ideas?

The phone seems to be fine afterward, but it definitely scared the crap out of me when it happened. I was expecting actual sparks, but experienced no heat or strange smells afterward that would indicate a damaged component.